Eight years already. Does that make me an old married lady?
Happy anniversary, honey!
april 28, 2001
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weekly winners: back home
April 19-25, 2009
Unfortunately, the scenery in this week’s winners just can’t compare to last week. Back to reality!
Joey picks fights with Jeter all the time. But Jeter usually does most of the pouncing.
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marathon madness!
No, I haven’t gone mad. Well, not any more so than I already have (ahem, Goofy Challenge).
This week at the Runners’ Lounge, the theme for “Take it and Run Thursday” is Boston and Marathon Madness. Runners are sharing their marathon tips and training plans.
I’ve only run one marathon (so far). And it’s unlikely that I’ll ever qualify for Boston. But I’ve been there, so I’ll share our plan.
Since we were all first-timers (and some of us were a little reluctant), we were very conservative. We decided we would use the Galloway run/walk method for the race and all our long runs, and figured we’d use his training plan as well.
Only his plan (linked above) has changed a bit since we set up our schedule in late 2006.
I’m not sure which version is better. But I’ll probably use one of them as a base for my Goofy training schedule. (I still have a little time before I have to worry about that!)
For our mid-week short runs, we ran Tuesdays and Thursdays, usually three-five miles. People wanting to work on speedier marathons would probably want to add another day or two of running per week, but I’m happy just to finish.
We normally did our long runs on Saturdays. We started a few weeks into the program because all of us had at least a 10K base. And to make it easier for me to type it up, I’m just going to start my training chart there, too.
Week 4 — 6 Miles
Week 5 — 7 Miles
Week 6 — 8 Miles
Week 7 — 9 Miles
Week 8 — 10 Miles
Week 9 — 11-12 Miles
Week 10 — 6 Miles
Week 11 — 13-14 Miles
Week 12 — 7 Miles
Week 13 — 15-16 Miles
Week 14 — 8 Miles
Week 15 — 17-18 Miles
Week 16 — 8-10 Miles
Week 17 — 19-20 Miles
Week 18 — 5K or 8-10 Miles
Week 19 — 8-9 Miles
Week 20 — 22-23 Miles
Week 21 — 5K or 8-10 Miles
Week 22 — 8-10 Miles
Week 23 — 24-26 Miles
Week 24 — 5K or 8-10 Miles
Week 25 — 8-10 Miles
Week 26 — Marathon!
I liked the way it alternates longer and shorter runs. Also, I liked that during marathon training, we started thinking of our 10-mile runs as short runs!
We did get in three runs that were 20 miles or above — we did 20, 22 and 24. I know a lot of people don’t train higher than 20, but it was a real confidence booster for us. We were well prepared on race day!
But it was still hard. And it still hurt. Oh well.
I needed a little time before I was ready to sign up for another. But now I’m excited to do it again!
hills, interrupted
Tonight was our last hill run, with 12 repeats on the schedule.
When we started, the weather was great. It was a little cloudy, and close to 70 degrees. I was regretting my decision to wear capri tights, but that’s what I packed in my gym bag and I didn’t have time to change.
We ran the 1.5 miles from the running store to the bridge, commenting on what a perfect night it was.
We got through the first two or three repeats (200 meters up the bridge each), and started to notice some dark clouds rolling in. After five hills, it was looking worse. We almost called it quits after number six, but were hoping the storm would pass us.
And then as we started uphill for number seven, the wind started picking up. We all ran a little faster for that one! And on the jog back down, the rain drops started to fall.
The faster runners, who were one or two hills ahead of us, toughed it out. The back-of-the-packers decided to call it a night. The rain really started coming down — and it was cold! No longer perfect running weather, but we had no choice. We had to run the 1.5 miles back to the store!
We started seeing lightning in the distance. Thunder started rumbling. It was getting close … but I think we made it back before the worst of it came through.
So, only seven hills tonight instead of 12. We were all feeling good, too, and ready to tackle the workout.
Oh well … the top of a bridge is probably not the safest place to be during a thunderstorm!
weekly winners: tropical paradise
April 12-18, 2009
I had a change of scenery last week. We were on vacation! In Jamaica!
I’ve only been home a few hours, but I couldn’t wait to start going through my photos. As usual, I couldn’t resist the beautiful sunsets and palm trees. It was hard to narrow it down, but here are some of my favorites. (See more photos over here. I’ll probably be adding to this set.)
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